Has the UUA board or president made any official statement about Rev Eklof’s book: The Gadfly Papers? Or the nuclear reaction to it? Or has the UUMA? Thx

I’m curious about the process thro which rev Eklof’s book “the gadfly papers” came to be banned. Who was consulted? Who decided? Who decided to confiscate the books? And then how the ban came to be recinded: when did that happen? Who was consulted? Who decided! Who decided to return the books that had been taken from the booth? Thanks.

Here is an article you might be interested in. this is the abstract, and you can click on the link to read the whole thing.

Is the “White Supremacy Culture” Paradigm a Useful Strategy for Anti-Racist / Anti-Oppression Social Justice Work?[1]

By Anne L. Schneider, PhD[2]

June 25, 2019.

Abstract: This essay is a critique of the Jones / Okun (J/O) paradigm of White Supremacy Culture (WSC) and of its use as an anti-racist anti-oppression strategy. The article describes the WSC paradigm as articulated by Jones and Okun and how it has come to be used by the Unitarian Universalist Association as the center piece of its anti-racist / anti-oppression training. The paradigm may be spreading far more widely as indicated recently by its use in the New York City Department of Education implicit bias training. The critique emphasizes the lack of empirical evidence and lack of logical connections between what J/O claim are the 13 elements of the White Supremacy Culture paradigm and the continuing racial inequality exhibited in the United States across almost all quality-of-life-indicators. The essay describes how Unitarian Universalist leadership (and many members) embraced this framework, and the reaction against it by UUs and others. The essay concludes with the dangers of progressive / liberal people and groups adopting illiberal strategies including the use of words like “white supremacy” to describe liberal and progressive organizations that do not hold beliefs or practices that portray the white race as superior to other races.

[1] Link to this article, pdf, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ibp-h6bLYllUSjV7qcNg9hPLA8EDoY96/view?usp=sharing

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[2] Anne L. Schneider is a retired political science professor and former Dean of the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University. She previously held faculty positions at Yale University and Oklahoma State University and is the author of “Policy Design for Democracy,” and “Deserving and Entitled: Social Constructions and Public Policy,” as well as other articles and books. She is a member of the Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation, one of the congregations where the “White Supremacy Culture” essay and its anti-racist strategies were first introduced and largely rejected.

https://www.reddit.com/user/schne71295/draft/ce74fa58-9764-11e9-b885-0e7170e17818

Is the proposed 8th principle going to be discussed at the 2019 GA in Seattle? I cant find it on the program schedule.

Thanks. Anne